Hillary Links Our Saudi Allies with Global Terrorism. Wowser.
Yes, she said it. Hillary Clinton said our Arab allies, the Saudis, Qataris and Kuwaitis, are looking the other way while their princes, sheikhs and emirs write the cheques that…
The Mound of Sound
Athletes Don’t Hide It. Why Should Congressmen?
You know how corporate sponsors sometimes get their logos on athlete's jerseys or helmets? Wouldn't it be a good idea if America's "bought and paid for" Congress followed suit?If you're…
Pop Goes the Methane
Remember those mystery craters discovered in the Russian north? They're still occurring and Arctic warming is the obvious suspect. As the Arctic warms it's taking the "perma" out of permafrost…
Trudeau Needs a Justice Minister Who Understands the Law of Canada
When justice minister Jody runs afoul of the legal mind of Joe Arvay. That's one thing. Regrettable, sure, but hey, it's Jody. When she refutes the wisdom of the top…
Scripture Ain’t Gospel – Live With It.
Biblical inerrancy is bullshit. The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is not the literal word of God. That's bullshit. It's the word of countless old geezers passed down from one…
Global Weirding – U.K.
The Brits will have to put away their beach wear for a while. After the recent heat wave and predictions this will be the hottest summer in more than a…
Orlando and the Plague of Fundamentalism
I got a call from my brother yesterday morning. He's gay. Naturally the Orlando massacre came up in our conversation. The discussion got around to religious fundamentalism, people of that…
Justin, Meet Edmund
When I think of Israel's headlong plunge into fascism and our government's indifference (or worse) to it, I can't help but think of Edmund Burke's classic warning:All that is needed…
False Hope and the Great Illusion – Life in the Ghetto of Neoliberalism’s Predator State
Chris Hedges figures we're fattened lambs being prepped for slaughter by the agents of corporatism, those we ourselves put in office. He writes, of course, of America. Canadians, naturally, don't…
Could This Be Our Biggest Blunder on Climate Change?
In the early years of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, we were introduced to what was presented as a long-distance, multi-generational phenomenon. We were told if we…
Global Wierding
It was 71F in New York City on Thursday. Nothing particularly notable in that.It was 74F in Nuuk on Thursday, something that's very notable.Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and…
Murray Dobbin Denounces the Apartheid State, Our Friend and Ally
It was bad enough when the Hooligan Party tabled their motion to denounce the Canadian Boycott/Divest/Sanction movement. It was cringeworthy when a bootlicking prime minister and his government threw in…
Even Climate Change Has a Silver Lining
For years I've written that climate change would be the death knell of globalism. It's really simple. The global economy depends on a fabric of nations operating collectively. That requires…
Rethinking Seafood
Two years ago there was some sort of contamination problem with Asian seafood. I think it was something viral. In any case the seafood appetites of wealthy Asians were not…
Eleven Days to Go and "Leave" Up by Ten Points
A month ago it looked like most Brits were for staying in the European Union. It was a slim but seemingly stable lead.Now, with less than 2 weeks to go,…
No, That’s Just a Racist Saying He’s Not a Racist.
The Wall Street Journal headline was intriguing: Donald Trump Rebuts Allegations of Racism.Read on, I thought. This was going to be a genuinely Herculean feat given how often the Great…
The Climate, It’s Always Been Changing
Of course it has. Which is why NASA prepared this wonderful graph of just how the atmospheric CO2 has changed over the past 400,000 years.Res ipsa loquitur - the thing…
Howe, the Wings, Detroit
Gordie Howe was, if anything, the beating heart of the Detroit Red Wings. He was a Red Wing two years before I was born. I grew up thinking of Howe…
Shakedown
Nice place ya got here. Shame if anything happened to it.Translate that into Lockheed-lingo and it comes out like this - you buy any other airplane and we'll pull $825-million…
Boxed In. Canadians Don’t Support Trudeau’s Narrowed Assisted Dying Bill.
A large majority of Canadians, three out of four, favour the inclusion of "advanced directives" or "advanced consent" provisions in the Trudeau government's assisted dying law.“Advanced directives” or “advance consent”…